Background
Ibsen was born in Christiania, but grew up mostly in Germany and Italy.
Ibsen was born in Christiania, but grew up mostly in Germany and Italy.
Their son was Danish actor Joen Bille. From 1903 to 1905, he served as Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm (ie, the leader of the Norwegian delegation to the King of Sweden and Norway and the second highest cabinet position). During his term, George Francis Hagerup was Prime Minister in Christiania.
Sigurd Ibsen played a central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.
He is also regarded as important in convincing influential Norwegians supporting a republican government, like Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Arne Garborg and Fridtjof Nansen, to turn and instead support a monarchy.